return2ozma@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 years agoJamie Dimon says employees can go work somewhere else if they don't like long commutes into the office, thinks remote work doesn't cut itwww.businessinsider.comexternal-linkmessage-square119fedilinkarrow-up1443arrow-down19
arrow-up1434arrow-down1external-linkJamie Dimon says employees can go work somewhere else if they don't like long commutes into the office, thinks remote work doesn't cut itwww.businessinsider.comreturn2ozma@lemmy.world to Work Reform@lemmy.world · 2 years agomessage-square119fedilink
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7arrow-down1·2 years agoThat rewards employees for living as far away from the office as possible. Is that a fair thing to do? I seriously don’t know.
minus-squareLoom In Essence@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9arrow-down2·2 years agoyou’re right, let’s scrap offices altogether and wfh 100%
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down1·2 years agoSomething tells me there might be a middle ground here.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down2·2 years agoI’m not sure why you’re talking to me like I’m suggesting some sort of crazy thing when I wasn’t even making any suggestions…
minus-squareMadgePickles@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·2 years agoSometimes you just gotta pick someone to reply to the whole conversation going on
minus-squareBrainsploosh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoNot rewards, incentivises, means the employer has a larger labor pool to pick from, which in capitalism is good.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up5·2 years agoBut isn’t making commutes longer a bad thing? Especially for the planet? And this is encouraging it.
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoI agree remote work is a better alternative. I was just addressing this idea of paying people to commute.
minus-squaremamotromico@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoDecent public transportation can offset this easily
minus-squareFlying Squid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·2 years agoAt which point they say, “if we’re paying you to sit on the train, you can do some work while you’re sitting there.”
minus-squareDoomsdaySprocket@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 years agoThen hey, I can get some of my 8 hrs done on the train and only have to sit in the office for 6 hours! Sounds like a win-win to me.
minus-squareBrainsploosh@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·2 years agoCapitalism in general is bad for the planet
That rewards employees for living as far away from the office as possible. Is that a fair thing to do? I seriously don’t know.
you’re right, let’s scrap offices altogether and wfh 100%
Something tells me there might be a middle ground here.
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I’m not sure why you’re talking to me like I’m suggesting some sort of crazy thing when I wasn’t even making any suggestions…
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Sometimes you just gotta pick someone to reply to the whole conversation going on
Not rewards, incentivises, means the employer has a larger labor pool to pick from, which in capitalism is good.
But isn’t making commutes longer a bad thing? Especially for the planet? And this is encouraging it.
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I agree remote work is a better alternative. I was just addressing this idea of paying people to commute.
Decent public transportation can offset this easily
At which point they say, “if we’re paying you to sit on the train, you can do some work while you’re sitting there.”
Then hey, I can get some of my 8 hrs done on the train and only have to sit in the office for 6 hours! Sounds like a win-win to me.
Capitalism in general is bad for the planet